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Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 169, NO. 57 | Thursday April 15, 2010
InDEX
2 · News Digest
4 · Opinion
9 · Lifestyle
10 · Sudoku
20 · Classifieds
24 · Sports
Road trip: Coverage of this
weekend’s Coachella Valley Music
and Arts Festival. PAGE 9
Under oath: Former USC running
back Reggie Bush is ordered to submit a
deposition to Superior Court. PAGE 24
By Laura Cueva
Daily Trojan
Finding a strong, consistent wireless Internet connec-tion
on campus can be harder than finding a seat in The
Lot at noon, but USC’s Information Technology Services
hopes to solve that problem by increasing the number
of wireless access points across campus within the next
year.
ITS announced this week that the wireless Internet
availability at both the University Park Campus and the
Health Sciences Campus will be drastically increased in
coming months.
According to Kevin Durkin, director of communica-tions
and marketing for ITS, USC is working to ensure
every academic building on both campuses has access to
wireless Internet.
“We recognize that most of our users rely on the wire-less
network more than the wired network, and we’re
trying to respond to that,” Durkin said.
Over the past decade, the need for wireless Internet
on campus has increased dramatically, according to
Durkin. In 2002, ITS maintained 214 wireless points on
campus. Now, that number is up to 1,578 — a 125 per-cent
increase in coverage over the last three years alone.
Despite this increase in coverage, an annual ITS cus-tomer
survey that measures feedback from a random se-lection
of students and faculty on campus showed a con-tinuously
growing demand for reliable wireless Internet
coverage.
“Wireless on the campuses has been the key point of
dissatisfaction,” Durkin said.
In response to student and faculty concerns, ITS is
now looking for a new vendor for the university’s wireless
infrastructure and to add more wireless access points.
“It’s going to be pervasive coverage,” Durkin said. “It’s
going to cover both campuses, and we believe the access
ITS announces
plan to improve
wireless Internet
In response to complaints from students and
faculty, ITS is searching for a new wireless vendor.
| see ITS, page 19 |
By Natalie Chau
Daily Trojan
The University Park Health
Center plans to crack down on the
recreational use of attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder medications
around campus, but students say
the new policies won’t stop them
from accessing and using drugs like
Adderall.
Effective May 1, the UPHC will
institute policies that require a
more thorough medical and men-tal
examination of students seeking
ADHD medication.
The policies are aimed at stream-lining
the process of prescribing
these medications and preventing
their use for non-medical purposes.
Some students use ADHD medica-tions
to increase their focus as they
prepare for tests or other difficult
assignments.
“If students are seeking medica-tions,
they have to follow certain
protocol,” said Dr. Ilene Rosenstein,
director of student counseling ser-vices
at the UPHC. “It’s really tight-ening
up who gets the medication.”
Students who seek a prescrip-tion
for ADHD medications, includ-ing
Adderall, will need to have writ-ten
documentation of their medical
need from someone who has diag-nosed
the student. Students who
haven’t been diagnosed with ADHD
or a similar condition will need to
Adderall policy
changing at
health center
The health center is trying to
better monitor the use of ADHD
medications around campus.
| see adhd, page 3 |
On display
Martin Benson, a senior majoring in fine arts, is critiqued by one of the head judges during
Wednesday’s Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work. Trousdale
Parkway was lined with students competing for prizes in the arts, humanities and sciences.
Mannat Saini | Daily Trojan
By Natalie Chau
Daily Trojan
Students who thought they were getting a free lunch
at The Lot on Wednesday were disappointed to find out
their “Student Appreciation Day” coupons were mere-ly
a part of the Skull & Dagger Society’s annual prank.
Skull & Dagger, a semi-secret honor society for grad-uating
seniors, is known for its annual hoaxes. Last
year, the group pretended there was a contagious dis-ease
spreading through campus and walked around in
hazmat suits handing out warning notices.
This year, the Skull & Dagger prank was two-fold.
First, members of Skull & Dagger handed out cou-pons
for free food at The Lot, telling students it was
part of a fictional “Student Appreciation Day.”
The hoax, however, did not go over well with stu-dents
or administrators from USC Hospitality.
“Most students are not confused — some are just
upset there’s not free food,” said Marc Isaac, a manager
at The Lot.
Isaac said The Lot employees were notified of the
hoax when a construction worker came into The Lot
early Wednesday morning with one of the coupons.
Management immediately created signs declaring the
coupons invalid, which Isaac said stopped most of the
confusion around the prank.
“It’s hindering to our business; [it’s] immature,”
Isaac said. “If we didn’t find out about it early in the
Annual Skull & Dagger prank draws some complaints
The honor society handed out fake coupons for
free food, disappointing students and causing
problems for administrators at USC Hospitality.
| see prank, page 17 |
Mannat Saini | Daily Trojan
Pushing buttons · The Skull & Dagger Society stacked microwaves to form a tribute
to President Steven B. Sample, who played a role in developing the microwave touchpad.
By PAresh Dave
Daily Trojan
Students aren’t the only ones
lost in the maze of grading poli-cies
across the university.
The Center for Excellence in
Teaching held a town hall on grad-ing
Wednesday, giving faculty,
teaching assistants and students
a chance to discuss current grad-ing
policies and potential chang-es
to the process. About 30 people
— mostly faculty members — at-tended
the event to voice concerns
about how their colleagues ad-minister
grades and to discuss the
possibility of creating a universal
grading process for USC classes.
CET Director J. Lawford
Anderson said the center’s un-dergraduate
fellows had be-come
concerned about grading
Professors
discuss
grading
Many professors and teaching
assistants are concerned with
the lack of transparency.
| see Grades, page 16 |

Student Newspaper of the University of Southern California Since 1912 | www.dailytrojan.com | VOL. 169, NO. 57 | Thursday April 15, 2010
InDEX
2 · News Digest
4 · Opinion
9 · Lifestyle
10 · Sudoku
20 · Classifieds
24 · Sports
Road trip: Coverage of this
weekend’s Coachella Valley Music
and Arts Festival. PAGE 9
Under oath: Former USC running
back Reggie Bush is ordered to submit a
deposition to Superior Court. PAGE 24
By Laura Cueva
Daily Trojan
Finding a strong, consistent wireless Internet connec-tion
on campus can be harder than finding a seat in The
Lot at noon, but USC’s Information Technology Services
hopes to solve that problem by increasing the number
of wireless access points across campus within the next
year.
ITS announced this week that the wireless Internet
availability at both the University Park Campus and the
Health Sciences Campus will be drastically increased in
coming months.
According to Kevin Durkin, director of communica-tions
and marketing for ITS, USC is working to ensure
every academic building on both campuses has access to
wireless Internet.
“We recognize that most of our users rely on the wire-less
network more than the wired network, and we’re
trying to respond to that,” Durkin said.
Over the past decade, the need for wireless Internet
on campus has increased dramatically, according to
Durkin. In 2002, ITS maintained 214 wireless points on
campus. Now, that number is up to 1,578 — a 125 per-cent
increase in coverage over the last three years alone.
Despite this increase in coverage, an annual ITS cus-tomer
survey that measures feedback from a random se-lection
of students and faculty on campus showed a con-tinuously
growing demand for reliable wireless Internet
coverage.
“Wireless on the campuses has been the key point of
dissatisfaction,” Durkin said.
In response to student and faculty concerns, ITS is
now looking for a new vendor for the university’s wireless
infrastructure and to add more wireless access points.
“It’s going to be pervasive coverage,” Durkin said. “It’s
going to cover both campuses, and we believe the access
ITS announces
plan to improve
wireless Internet
In response to complaints from students and
faculty, ITS is searching for a new wireless vendor.
| see ITS, page 19 |
By Natalie Chau
Daily Trojan
The University Park Health
Center plans to crack down on the
recreational use of attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder medications
around campus, but students say
the new policies won’t stop them
from accessing and using drugs like
Adderall.
Effective May 1, the UPHC will
institute policies that require a
more thorough medical and men-tal
examination of students seeking
ADHD medication.
The policies are aimed at stream-lining
the process of prescribing
these medications and preventing
their use for non-medical purposes.
Some students use ADHD medica-tions
to increase their focus as they
prepare for tests or other difficult
assignments.
“If students are seeking medica-tions,
they have to follow certain
protocol,” said Dr. Ilene Rosenstein,
director of student counseling ser-vices
at the UPHC. “It’s really tight-ening
up who gets the medication.”
Students who seek a prescrip-tion
for ADHD medications, includ-ing
Adderall, will need to have writ-ten
documentation of their medical
need from someone who has diag-nosed
the student. Students who
haven’t been diagnosed with ADHD
or a similar condition will need to
Adderall policy
changing at
health center
The health center is trying to
better monitor the use of ADHD
medications around campus.
| see adhd, page 3 |
On display
Martin Benson, a senior majoring in fine arts, is critiqued by one of the head judges during
Wednesday’s Undergraduate Symposium for Scholarly and Creative Work. Trousdale
Parkway was lined with students competing for prizes in the arts, humanities and sciences.
Mannat Saini | Daily Trojan
By Natalie Chau
Daily Trojan
Students who thought they were getting a free lunch
at The Lot on Wednesday were disappointed to find out
their “Student Appreciation Day” coupons were mere-ly
a part of the Skull & Dagger Society’s annual prank.
Skull & Dagger, a semi-secret honor society for grad-uating
seniors, is known for its annual hoaxes. Last
year, the group pretended there was a contagious dis-ease
spreading through campus and walked around in
hazmat suits handing out warning notices.
This year, the Skull & Dagger prank was two-fold.
First, members of Skull & Dagger handed out cou-pons
for free food at The Lot, telling students it was
part of a fictional “Student Appreciation Day.”
The hoax, however, did not go over well with stu-dents
or administrators from USC Hospitality.
“Most students are not confused — some are just
upset there’s not free food,” said Marc Isaac, a manager
at The Lot.
Isaac said The Lot employees were notified of the
hoax when a construction worker came into The Lot
early Wednesday morning with one of the coupons.
Management immediately created signs declaring the
coupons invalid, which Isaac said stopped most of the
confusion around the prank.
“It’s hindering to our business; [it’s] immature,”
Isaac said. “If we didn’t find out about it early in the
Annual Skull & Dagger prank draws some complaints
The honor society handed out fake coupons for
free food, disappointing students and causing
problems for administrators at USC Hospitality.
| see prank, page 17 |
Mannat Saini | Daily Trojan
Pushing buttons · The Skull & Dagger Society stacked microwaves to form a tribute
to President Steven B. Sample, who played a role in developing the microwave touchpad.
By PAresh Dave
Daily Trojan
Students aren’t the only ones
lost in the maze of grading poli-cies
across the university.
The Center for Excellence in
Teaching held a town hall on grad-ing
Wednesday, giving faculty,
teaching assistants and students
a chance to discuss current grad-ing
policies and potential chang-es
to the process. About 30 people
— mostly faculty members — at-tended
the event to voice concerns
about how their colleagues ad-minister
grades and to discuss the
possibility of creating a universal
grading process for USC classes.
CET Director J. Lawford
Anderson said the center’s un-dergraduate
fellows had be-come
concerned about grading
Professors
discuss
grading
Many professors and teaching
assistants are concerned with
the lack of transparency.
| see Grades, page 16 |